News What Pope Leo XIV gets right about friendship in a lonely age
Pope Leo XIV recently addressed modern loneliness and the importance of intentional friendship. Here's what Catholics can learn from his message.
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Saints Mary, Mother of God: What this ancient title means for you
Today's solemnity honors Mary as Theotokos, God-bearer. Why this ancient title matters and one simple Marian prayer to pray.
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St. Thomas Aquinas's Prayer Before Study asks God for clarity, memory, and grace before intellectual work. Pray it today.
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The Vatican recognized the heroic virtues of Fr. Nazareno da Pula, a Franciscan friar who served alongside St. Padre Pio.
News A new network brings special education support to Catholic families worldwide
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Today's Mass readings center on one line from Mark 10:45 that overturns every worldly calculation of power and service.
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Church Pope Leo XIV apologizes for Church’s role in slavery in new encyclical
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas includes an apology for the Church's complicity in slavery and addresses modern forms of enslavement.
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